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The skin of the cane toad is dry and warty.
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The cane toad is now considered a pest and an invasive species in many of its introduced regions ; of particular concern is its toxic skin, which kills many animals — native predators and otherwise — when ingested.
The skin of the adult cane toad is toxic, as well as the enlarged parotoid glands behind the eyes, and other glands across their backs.
Cane toad skin has been made into leather and novelty items ; stuffed cane toads, posed and accessorised, have found a home in the tourist market, and attempts have been made to produce fertilizer from their bodies.
Caning material is wicker such as cane, or it is derived from the skin of rattan vines native to Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia.
Helmets made from cane, bear and deer skin are sometimes worn by the men, depending on the region.
Crows in Queensland, Australia have learned how to eat the toxic cane toad by flipping the cane toad on its back and violently stabbing the throat where the skin is thinner, allowing the crow to access the non-toxic innards ; their long beaks ensure that all of the innards can be removed.
Among the characteristics of this vine species in contrast to the European wine grape Vitis vinifera are its " slip-skin " that allows the skin of the grape berries to easily slip off when squeezed, instead of crushing the pulp, and the presence of tendrils on every node of the cane.
The ektara usually has a stretched single string, an animal skin over a head ( made of dried pumpkin / gourd, wood or coconut ) and pole neck or split bamboo cane neck.
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The toad has been hunted as a food source in parts of Peru, and eaten after the removal of the skin and parotoid glands.
The fire-bellied toad ( Bombina bombina ) has a slightly warty skin and prefers a watery habitat whereas the Panamanian golden frog ( Atelopus zeteki ) is in the toad family Bufonidae and has a smooth skin.
A toad is any of a number of species of amphibians in the order Anura ( frogs ) characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and snout-like parotoid glands.
The skin and poison of Bufo alvarius ( Colorado River toad or Sonoran Desert toad ) contain 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin.
Periodically, the common toad sheds its skin.
The main toxic substance found in the parotoid gland and skin of the common toad is called bufotoxin.
The skin of one toad contains enough toxin to cause serious symptoms or even death in animals and man.
Some species of toad are poisonous if they come in contact with our skin.
These substances, present in the skin and venom of the toad, produce psychoactive effects when smoked.
The poison the toad excretes is mild in comparison to other poisonous toads and frogs, but it can irritate human skin and is dangerous to smaller animals ( such as dogs ) when ingested.
The warts are always darker than the skin of the toad.
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In spots such as the elbows and knees the second skin is worn off and I realized the aborigines were much darker than they appeared ; ;
Now the detective must save his own skin by informing on the girl he loves, who is also the real murderer.
As symptomatic of the common man's malaise, he is most significant: a liberal and a Catholic, elected by the skin of his teeth.
It is roughly shaped like a large pear, and when properly ripened, its dark green skin covers a meaty, melon-like pulp that has about the consistency of a ripe Bartlett pear, but oily.
It is thick, much like an egg plant's skin, so that poison sprays, if they are used, present no hazard to the consumer.
There is a difference in the experimental arrangement, in that the U.S. microphones are attached directly to the vehicle skin while the Russian instruments are isolated from the skin.
Salamanders lack claws, have a scale-free skin, either smooth or covered with tubercles, and a tail that is usually flattened from side to side and often finned.
As well as breathing with lungs, they respire through the many folds in their skin which is thin with the capillaries close to the surface.
The outside of the skin is shed periodically more or less in one piece in contrast to mammals and birds where it is shed in flakes.
Amphibian skin is permeable to water.
The skin colour of amphibians is produced by three layers of pigment cells called chromatophores.
Adipose tissue is another important means of storing energy and this occurs in the abdomen, under the skin and, in some salamanders, in the tail.
In aquatic amphibians, the liver plays only a small role in processing nitrogen for excretion, and ammonia is diffused mainly through the skin.
The progeny feeds on a skin layer that is specially developed by the adult.
In some salamanders, the skin is poisonous.
Handling the newts does not cause harm but ingestion of even the most minute amounts of the skin is deadly.
The aardvark's coat is thin, and the animal's primary protection is its tough skin.
In addition, the researchers also mention that the shifting robot can even display an individual's hair style and skin color if a photo of their face is projected onto the 3D Mask.
For example, " aloin " is derived from Aloe vera and Aloe ferox and has important medical uses ( e. g. as a laxative and in the treatment of burns ) as well as cosmetic uses ( e. g. in skin and hair products ).
In third grade, Warhol had chorea, the nervous system disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities, which is believed to be a complication of scarlet fever and causes skin pigmentation blotchiness.
In general, external alpha radiation is not harmful since alpha particles are effectively shielded by a few centimeters of air, a piece of paper, or the thin layer of dead skin cells.
The first deposit on the wall of a cavity, forming the " skin " of the agate, is generally a dark greenish mineral substance, like celadonite, delessite or " green earth ", which are rich in iron probably derived from the decomposition of the augite in the enclosing volcanic rock.
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